urpmi Command Examples

Install packages in Mageia. See also: urpm.update, urpme, urpmi.addmedia, urpmi.removemedia, urpmf, urpmq. More information: https://man.linuxreviews.org/man8/urpmi.8.html.

• Install a package from the repository or from a local RPM file:

sudo urpmi {{package|path/to/file.rpm}}

• Download a package without installing it:

urpmi --no-install {{package}}

• Update all installed packages (run urpmi.update -a to get the available updates):

sudo urpmi --auto-select

• Update a package of one or more machines on the network according to /etc/urpmi/parallel.cfg:

sudo urpmi --parallel local {{package}}

• Mark all orphaned packages as manually installed:

sudo urpmi $(urpmq --auto-orphans -f)